Tag: Round Robin

Hi. Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I am still stitching, just can’t post what I am stitching right now. But I do have a share. My Asian Round Robin arrived home this week.

It really turned out beautiful. When I get time, I have to find an Alphabet to add a title before I get it framed. It’s so bright and colorful and did I mention it’s beautiful? The girls did an excellent job in stitching the lovely ladies. They are all Joan Elliott designs and they are stitched on Stephanie’s Mocha Delight 28ct Jobelan.

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I feel like I am getting things accomplished. Yesterday I finished another block on a Round Robin.

This is Joan Elliott’s Spring Garden Fairy. She is in the March 2014 issue of Cross Stitch and Needlework magazine. She was a fun, easy stitch. I usually hate stitching the hair on JE’s fairies, but this one was super simple. I love the way she turned out. I stitched her on Johanna’s Round Robin. She is going to love getting this one back. Here it is in full:

Such a beautiful RR. Everyone did a great job on this one. So sweet and sparkly. I will be putting in the mail to Johanna soon..well, maybe..yeah I will return it 🙂

I also finished this pidge scarf for a sweet stitchy friend.

She received it in the mail yesterday and loves it. I knitted it using Deborah Norville’s Serenity Chunky weight yarn. When I first started knitting it, I thought it may be a bit too bulky. But once finished, I think it turned out nice and will definitely be warm during this cold winter. I need to knit myself one in reds to match my coat. The buttons took me a bit to find, but once I saw these, I knew they would be perfect.

So, 2 more projects off of my list. Now on to the next Round Robin piece. What are you trying to finish up?

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Now that Christmas is over, I can show you the last project I finished in 2013.

This is my friend Carol. I made her this Wine A Little stitch by Sue Hillis Designs, Inc. I tried framing it myself…what a disaster. Let’s just say I am leaving the framing to the professionals. I’ll take it into Stitches N Things sometime this month. It was a pretty quick stitch and even came with the little wine bottle charm.

She turned out very pretty with lots of sparkle. Someday I will have to stitch her in full. While I wait for the next Round Robin to come my way, I will be working on “The Angel” and will get her done this year. And since it is -35 degrees out, I think it’s a good time to cover up with a blanket and do some stitching.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been up to. What are you stitching on?

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I’m so happy! I have a finish! And by today’s deadline for mailing, too! Yay! I stitched Joan Elliott’s Butterfly Fairy on Rachel’s Round Robin. She turned out lovely!

Her hair was a crazy mess and I didn’t think I would ever get it done, but I did and it’s lovely. Hubby really likes this one and has asked that I stitch in full. I do believe he said that about the last JE fairy I stitched. I will add it to my future list of things to do 🙂

Here is the RR in full:

It’s a beautiful piece and Rachel is going to love it when she sees it. So many sparkly beads! Amazing!

I received this lovely piece of fabric in my mailbox yesterday:

It’s Lunar Eclipse 16 ct Aida by Stephanie. I can’t wait to see what I end up putting on this one. Though it’s really more green than blue.

From top to bottom we have: Hocus Pocus 14ct Aida, Spellbound in 18ct Aida which I plan to use for The Gift, Spooky Day Gray in 14ct Aida, Witch’s Brew in 14 ct Aida and Spooky Day Grey in 28ct Lugana. They are all lovely.

Last night I put a few stitches into Ella after finishing Butterfly Fairy. It was a nice change. Especially to work on Aida again. Well, that’s all for today. I’d love to hear what you are working on or what goodies you have acquired lately.

This photo really does not do it justice. I just can’t seem to photograph my stitching very well lately. Anyway, she turned out beautifully! I love the colors. I wasn’t sure about the orange background at first, but I do love it. I have this Geisha to be stitched on my Round Robin as well, so I am glad to see that the orange color is not really a bad color after all. Here is Julie’s Round Robin so far:

It is going to be sooooo beautiful when it is finished. What are you stitching on today?

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I was able to get quite a bit of stitching in this holiday weekend. Here is my progress on Julie’s RR:

Sorry about the bad photo. Maybe I get too close to the design when taking a picture. I will make a note of that for when I take my final photo. As you can see, I am almost done. The colors are gorgeous! Her face is a little off as she doesn’t have a nose or lips, but that will come when I do the outlining. I love her and can’t wait to finish her. Maybe tonight.

I also added a few stitches to the Passione Ricamo Stitch A Long, but not enough to take a picture. Only about 35-40 sts. Section 5 just came out on the 1st and I need to catch up as I haven’t done sections 3 or 4. Section 3 should go pretty fast, but 4 and 5 will take me a bit. I hope I can get caught back up before section 6 comes out.

I did get a little knitting done this weekend also. Working on my next pidge scarf for Sue.

I LOVE this yarn! It is Kudo by Plymouth Yarns. I love how the stripes form as I knit along. This is a worsted weight yarn and the pattern is for a chunky yarn. I tried adding some stitches to make it wider, but for some reason, I could not get it to work out. There really isn’t a pattern that would need to have a certain amount of stitches added to make it come out properly, but for some reason I had to keep pulling it out and starting over-many, many times. When I casted on the required amount of stitches and continued knitting, I had no problem. I should have gone down a size or 2 in needles, but I knew that would make it too narrow. So I have continued on and will see how Sue likes it when I am finished. I did pick up a pattern for a pidge scarf when I was on vacation last month. It requires worsted weight, so I will try it out and see how it turns out.

So that was my stitchy weekend. I had fun just stitching (and laundry) all weekend. How was your weekend?

This is an under the bed storage box that I have all of my hand dyed fabrics in. I remember when I didn’t have any hand dyes, and now I am obsessed with buying them. And I have plans for every one 😉 Well, most of them. Some may be just too pretty to stitch on right now. But I have them on hand when I need. I am not a patient person, so waiting for hand dyed fabric to come in the mail is very hard for me. So now I have a pretty good stash.

These are my 2 latest fabrics from Stephanie. On the left is her limited edition Liberty and on the right is Calypso. Both are 16ct Aida and both are gorgeous!! Not sure what I am going to put on Liberty, but Calypso is perfect for a mermaid 😉

And here is what I am currently working on. When I can stay awake that is. I have been getting up at 5:00 am 4-5 days a week to walk with a friend and it has been really kicking my butt. Can’t seem to stay awake at night to stitch. Hence the very little progress.

This is going to be Joan Elliott’s Eastern Promise on Julie’s Asian RR. Sorry for the bad photo, but the colors are truly bright and beautiful and Julie’s fabric is a blue sky with a touch of tan here and there. It’s gorgeous!

That is my update for now. Thank you for visiting and have a safe and wonderful Labor Day weekend.